Welcome to CountryWelcome to Country

Woomangeka Woorineen Willam Bit (Welcome to our Home land)

Willam Dja Dja Wurrung Goonditch! (Home of the Dja Dja Wurrung people)

I welcome you to this conference held on Dja Dja Wurrung Country on behalf of elders past and present. Sustainability is a new word for an old practice of my people who have been the custodians of this land for many thousands of years and continue this

role today.

I welcome you to Dhelkunya Djaa (care for country) and be inspired by our beautiful Dja Dja Wurrung landscape.

Rick Kerr

Dja Dja Wurrung Traditional Owner

Program Manager, Heritage and Environment

Dja Dja Wurrung Enterprises Pty Ltd

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Acknowledgement of CountryAcknowledgement of CountryThe Students of Sustainability organising collective and the Australian Student Environment Network acknowledge and pay respect to the Indigenous nations and traditional caretakers of this land past, present and future.

We recognise and pay respect to the Dja Dja Wurrung people, on whose land SoS 2012 is held. SoS organising this year has taken place on the lands of the Eora, Dharug, Ngunnawal and Woiworung peoples, and speakers and workshop facilitators have come from different nations all over the continent.

More than 500 Indigenous nations shared this land for over 60 000 years before invasion. We recognize the sovereignty of every Indigenous nation on this continent.

We express solidarity and continued commitment to working with Indigenous peoples both in Australia and around the world in ongoing struggles for land rights, self-determination, sovereignty and the recognition of past injustices.

Sovereignty was never ceded.

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Welcome To SoSWelcome To SoSPositive Change through Positive ActionPositive Change through Positive Action

This years’ SoS organising collective is pleased to welcome you to SoS 2012. SoS 2012 will be held on Dja Dja Wurrung Country from the 4th to the 8th of July at La Trobe University’s Bendigo campus. It will be a week full of workshops, forums and skill-sharing on a range of sustainability topics, demonstrating how theory and practice can be used to make positive social and environmental change.

SoS is a five day camping conference for anyone interested in creating a more ecologically and socially sustainable world. It is completely organised by volunteers, mostly from the Australian Student Environment Network (ASEN - www.asen.org.au).

The conference began in Canberra in 1991 under the name “Students, Science and Sustainability”. Since then, thousands of students, community members, Indigenous activists, academics, and environmental educators of all stripes and from all over Australia have participated. The five day event comprises a range of educational, practical andparticipatory forums, workshops, excursions, entertainment and lots of time drinking chai with new friends.

The vision is to provide a conference that will bring together diverse groups of people to share inspiring and thought-provoking experiences, which encourage positive discussion and action to create social and environmental change in our local communities, and across Australia. SoS provides a chance to build skills, analyses and networks that will help us in our struggle for better communities and societies.

2012 is a particularly special year for the SoS conference – it is having its’ 21 st birthday! Hip Hip Hooray (and lets party)! It is also only the third time that the conference will be held in a regional area. The conference is being organised by an amazing group of students from La Trobe University, Bendigo, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Melbourne University, Macquarie and ANU.

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What is ASEN?What is ASEN?The Australian Student Environment Network is the national network of students active on environmental justice issues around their campuses and in their communities. A collective of collectives, it is made up of all the state environment networks, which are in turn made up of on-campus environment groups. ASEN as a group is committed to decision making through participation and consensus. We aim to be non-hierarchical, that is, every member is valued equally and has an equal say in the direction of the network.

ASEN links people (like you!) together so that we can share skills, knowledge, and experiences of the struggle for a better world. When we work together as ASEN, we join a movement that is bigger than a generation; that has its roots in resistance to the earliest acts of colonisation and ecological destruction, and is constituted by all people across the planet who seek environmental justice.

ASEN is a way to combine the power of a diverse range of individuals; people who think that Aboriginal people’s sovereignty was never ceded and should be recognised, that climate change is a problem caused by inequitable distribution of resources and power, that food coops create important spaces in which to satisfy our needs without capitalism and build support for the global food justice movement, that deforestation is not cool, and that nuclear is not the solution to climate change.

Our historyOur historyHistorically, ASEN was just the network of people who were involved in the Environment Department of the National Union of Students. Eventually ASEN decided that it needed to create its own governance to protect itself from the vagaries of student union politics. This meant that ASEN would continue to remain an open network directed by its participants and not by external forces.

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In 2006 ASEN was registered as a not-for-profit incorporated organisation. Rather than have conveners determined by factional power at NUS, convenors were determined by the network itself and accountable to participants. This practice continues to this day.

For many years after this, ASEN's involvement with NUS continued through having endorsed activists participate as the national environment officer whilst also receiving direction from the network. This arrangement broke down a number of years ago with the defunding of the national environment officer position. Since this time ASEN has remained autonomous, funding itself and its officer bearer organisers through supporter donations, fundraisers, occasional grants and support from various student association. This has evolved over time and there is no reason why this can't be different or even stay the same in the future.

Historically ASEN activists have participated in the broader student movement, opposing the Howard Government’s Voluntary Student Unionism (VSU) legislation that sought to silence students, opposing cuts to higher education and being in solidarity with and participating in the Queer movement and Womyn's movement in Australia and around the world. ASEN also aims to foreground indigenous sovereignty struggles in all its environmental work.

Importantly, we continue to exist because of the collective power built through an organisation that members control directly and democratically. This means that as an ASEN member you (yes YOU! the person reading this) can influence our direction, what campaigns we work on, or who we collaborate with through your participation at national council, national working groups, state networks and collectives.

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ContentsContentsWelcome to SoS 3

What is ASEN? 4

Safer Spaces 7

Caucuses 8

Grievances 9

Volunteering 9

Child-care 9

Workshop information 10

Excursions 11

Entertainment 11

Workshop outlines 13

Wednesday 13 Thursday 20 Friday 30 Saturday 39 Sunday 49

Sponsors 57

Training Camp 58

Notes/Contacts 59

Timetable 62

Transport and Campus Map 67

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Safer spacesSafer spacesOver the next 5 or 6 days at Students of Sustainability we will be learning, teaching, planning, eating, sleeping and laughing together, here on Dja Dja Warrung Country at La Trobe University in Bendigo.

We want to actively create this space as one that is inviting, engaging and supportive, where all people feel comfortable behaving genuinely. Meanwhile, we acknowledge the struggles that so many face simply to feel entitled to be in a space, or safe in that space, given the prevailing cultures of racism, sexism, transphobia, homophobia, ableism and classism under an oppressive economic system.

In a safer space, we are working towards environments that are liberating and nurturing for everyone in them. If we are serious about dismantling these systems in the 'outside' world, then we need to practice dismantling them in our own relationships and communities as well.

In a safer space, we recognise and respect that everyone comes with different experiences. That people come from a variety of cultural and economic backgrounds, with a variety of sexualities, genders and abilities. We approach people openly, without making assumptions. If we are confused about how someone identifies, we ask, and if we are ignorant, we do our research. We respect that not everyone will want to reveal everything about themselves. In a safer space, we are gentle and generous with ourselves and each other.

In a safer space everyone feels confident to ask for what they need, to take care of themselves, to say no, to ask for space. We are sensitive to other's personal space, boundaries and privacy.

In a safer space everyone is responsible for making sure all voices are heard. Look around. Who feels empowered to contribute, and who doesn't? Can you think of reasons why some people might feel more comfortable talking than others? What could you do to make the space more accessible for someone else? It could be as simple as listening.

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Look around again. Who is here? And who isn't...? Are there barriers to involvement due to the way we organise, the way we relate to each other, the time or the location? Can people with children and jobs atttend, people who struggle financially, people who are geographically isolated, people with physical or psychological differences, people who don't fit into activist youth culture? In a safer space we look for these barriers and seek to dismantle them. However, we recognise that it is not enough to 'include' others in 'our' space, and we seek to engage in meaningful solidarity with other groups.

Given the oppressive systems in which we have all been raised and taught, it would be a miracle if we had not taken on (or internalised) ways of behaving that oppress others and ourselves. In a safer space we will all make mistakes, but when we are called out, we try not to get defensive, after all, we're all good people in a harsh world. Everyone should feel confident to speak up when something is not quite right, and anyone being made to feel unsafe deserves the support of their community.

Activist culture can be overwhelming, so let's try and assume the best in each other. The goal is not to police people's language and behaviour, or to 'be the best' at safer space, but to support each other in challenging some deeply ingrained cultural and economic systems.

(These thoughts on Safer Spaces were put together by Aimee from the Sydney Environment Action Collective (SEAC), drawing on a variety of different safer spaces policies, reflections on safer spaces, and conversations had over the years. It is not intended as a set of rules, but as a set of questions, ideas and visions for how we can relate to each other in the Students of Sustainability space and beyond.)

CaucusesCaucusesCaucuses are autonomous meeting spaces where people facing particular oppressions, or who identify a particular way, can talk about their experiences of the conference, raise issues, provide each other with support, chill out in a non-threatening space etc. The caucuses can also put proposals, comments and criticisms to Students of Sustainability at any time, and can reportback to the AGM. Anyone can call a caucus.

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There will be a space set aside, as well as an announcement board to let everyone know what time and where.

Grievance collectiveGrievance collectiveThere is a grievance collective at SoS, who should be recognisable by a patch or scrap of brightly coloured material on their clothing. We'll be introducing ourselves at the start of the conference and you can come to us at anytime, with issues of all shapes and sizes. Hopefully we'll be able to share the conference space happily together, but if there are any conflicts or even if you just need someone to talk to, you can go to a member of the grievance collective. The collective will form a procedure for managing grievances, and this formal system will be available if needed.

Volunteering Volunteering Unfortunately, SoS can't afford to employ an army of wage slaves. So it gets run by us! Volunteering is an integral part of any good community and that’s exactly what we’re creating here for five days. So we ask that everyone contributes in some capacity to making SoS run as smoothly and cleanly as possible.

To do this, please sign up up for at least two shifts during the conference.

Your help is needed to cook the food or clean up after meals in the kitchen, care for elders, be safe in the Safety Tent, play games with small children in childcare, look after our patch through general cleaning or pouring a drink for new friends at the Saturday night shin-dig. There’ll be a roster at rego, so please go and put your name down in an empty space. Awesome.

Child-careChild-careIn order to make SoS accessible to everyone, child care is available for conference participants and will be based in the Parenting Room on the SU Floor (see campus map, p61) . Please help us avoid losing little people by registering your child's details at the rego desk!

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WorkshopsWorkshopsScheduled WorkshopsScheduled Workshops

There are plenaries on each morning. These are like panel discussions, during which we evil programmers use our authoritarian booklet-powers to funnel you all into a single room to have your heads filled with...Still reading? Good. The rest of the time there are around six or seven workshops at once. Go along to as many or as few workshops as you want. Remember that people have travelled from all over the country to present workshops which will be diverse and interesting - so do try and get along to them!

Open SpacesOpen SpacesThe SoS program is filled with inspiring and informative workshops BUT this isn’t even a drop in the proverbial ocean of knowledge and creativity held by SoS participants! Open Spaces are spots in the program where you can share your ideas and skills with the rest of SoS. A white board with times for open spaces workshops will be available at the rego desk to let people know about your workshop - write your name and a brief explanation of your workshop up in the morning. Make sure you check out the whiteboard for additional workshops. The room dedicated to Open Spaces is: Room IBC 103 (campus map, p68)

Discussions and StrategisingDiscussions and StrategisingThere are some scheduled strategising and discussion times already in the programme - e.g. State Chats, a CSG/Coal strategy session, an Anti-Nukes strategy session, the Food Cooperatives meet-up and the Future of ASEN discussion. But Room B2.32 (campus map, p68) will also be available throughout the conference for non-programmed discussions and get togethers - book at the rego desk or by signing up on the Open Spaces white board.

Chillout spaceChillout spaceIf the conference gets a bit intense and you need to relax, read a book or listen to some music, there will be a chill out space in Room IBC104 (see campus map, p68)

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ExcursionsExcursionsDuring the conference there will be a few excursions you can take part in. These will include a tour and workshop planting indigenous food plants at Gravel Hill Community Gardens, a tour of Bendigo Bank's energy efficient building, cycle tours to vegetable gardens in the community and a tour to a 5 star sustainable local primary school. Sign up at the registration desk to give an idea of numbers, and because some workshops may have limited spaces. More information on each of these follows in the detailed workshop outlines.

There will also be several nature walks at different times into the native Box and Ironbark forest behind La Trobe University in Bendigo.

Evening Entertainment and MerrimentsEvening Entertainment and MerrimentsAll work and no play makes student enviro kids into burnt out bureaucrats, so we’ve pulled together a diverse mix of radtastic entertainment for each night of the conference!

WednesdayWednesdayEase into the week with a film.

Old Country, New Country – is a powerful story of craft, tradition, culture and industrialised heartbreak from the pristine Kimberley wilderness to the Pilbara.

As well as programmed film screenings every night we’ll have a DIY film space in the Circular Lecture Theatre (CLT – see campus map, p68) for all to share movies and documentaries.

ThursdayThursdayTake a break from campus and jump on the bus to the Golden Vine Hotel. From roots jams to punchy political punk you’ll be in for a night of toe tappin’ good time groovin’ to the tunes of Kurtis Gentle, The Commoners Revolt and the Dead Peasants. Alternatively, check out the night's films. End: CIV examines our culture’s addiction to systematic violence and environmental exploitation, and probes the resulting epidemic

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of poisoned landscapes and shell-shocked nations. A Time for Change presents an optimistic alternative to apocalyptic doom and gloom. It shows how, as conscious agents of evolution, we can redesign post-industrial society on ecological principles to make a world that works for all.

If you are after something tinged with a little more adventure, track down the Guerilla Gardening crew or acquaint yourself with the Box-Ironbark’s furrier and feathered residents on a Spotlighting bush walk.

FridayFridayHere arrives the chance to showcase your creative talents – speak, sing, play or dance, to infuse the crowd with your activist visions or woo that eco-warrior you've had your eyes on in the night's Open Mic night at the Student Union. Otherwise, get your creative inspiration from one (or both) of two great films; Growing Change – A Journey Inside Venezuela’s’ Food Revolution, followed by a revolt against the world of copyright led by mash-up sensation Girl Talk in RIP: A Remix Manifesto.

SaturdaySaturdayOn Saturday, we’ll celebrate SoS’ 21st birthday! The party will raise funds to support the Lizard’s Revenge festival and the Arabunna people’s struggle against the Olympic Dam uranium mine expansion. Highlights will include Pataphysics and Rowan Blackmore's Sitar Adventure. See Saturday's evening outline for more details.

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TuesdayTuesday1pm onwards Conference Registration Opens!

Afternoon Settle in (^_^)Pitch your tent, meet new folks, help set‐up, play some tunes, throw around a frisbee, get your bearings, climb a tree, enjoy ‐ its your conference!

D i n n e rD i n n e r 6 p m – 7 p m6 p m – 7 p m

Wednesday Wednesday Yoga and Meditation from 6amYoga and Meditation from 6am

B r e a k f a s tB r e a k f a s t 7 . 3 0 – 8 . 3 0 a m7 . 3 0 – 8 . 3 0 a mWelcome to Country & Conference IntroductionWelcome to Country & Conference Introduction

9.00 - 10.30am9.00 - 10.30am

Plenary: Sovereignty Plenary: Sovereignty 10:45 – 12.15pm10:45 – 12.15pm

What is sovereignty? Why does it matter? This issue can be intimidating and confusing, but the inseparable nature of environmental and land-rights issues means we have a responsibility to seek to understand First Australians' struggles for freedom.

Come and hear indigenous people share their experiences, and get an idea of how student environment activists can work in solidarity with them.

With Marianne, Peter Watts, Mitch and Darren Bloomfield.

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L u n c h L u n c h 1 2 . 1 5 – 1 . 3 0 p m1 2 . 1 5 – 1 . 3 0 p m1.30 - 3.00pm The NT InterventionJune 21 marked the anniversary of the beginning of the Northern Territory Intervention. Barbara Shaw, a human rights campaigner who has extensive experience facilitating workshops and leading protests around the Intervention will speak via skype about her experiences and struggles with this racist policy and discuss the future. As an Aboriginal person directly affected by the NTER (Intervention) Barbara was instrumental in setting up the Prescribed Area People’s Alliance. She has led delegations of prescribed area people to convergences in Canberra and Darwin, to highlight to parliamentarians, supporters and the wider community the negative effects of the Intervention on Indigenous Territorians.

1.30 - 3.00pm Western Sahara's Resource CurseWestern Sahara's natural resources are being sold piecemeal under one of Africa's most brutal military occupations. Over half the country has been controlled by its northern neighbour, Morocco, since 1975. Since then, mineral resources and fertile coastal fishing grounds have been exploited by the occupation force. The plight of the indigenous people of Western Sahara, the Sahrawi, have been sidelined by lucrative foreign investment and international trade deals. This workshop will explore the role of resources in this conflict, and potential pathways to a sustainable resolution.

1.30 - 3.00pm Greenwashing, Gentrification, and You: Sustainability and the City

What do we mean when we say sustainable development? Can environmental projects like community gardens actually speed gentrification and displacement? What do stringent energy efficiency requirements mean for housing affordability? And who benefits most from public transport and bike paths, anyway? The answers might surprise you. Get together for a discussion of the dark side of sustainability, and how we can tackle it.

Facilitated by Liz Patterson

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1.30 - 3.00pm If the Oceans Die, We Die!The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an international direct action marine conservation and anti-poaching organistation, will discuss current fishing practises, and whether it is viable to create a sustainable fishing industry. Discussion will include the historic collapse of fisheries, and the lessons both learned and unheeded. Sea Shepherd will also discuss its campaigns past, present and future, including on bluefin tuna, sharks, dolphins, seals and whales, and the imperatives and techniques employed in combatting poaching and other illegal activities.

Facilitated by Woz Tully

1.30 - 3.00pm The Unnatural GenerationCreating societal change is political. It requires sustained campaigns for action, a clear set of communicable goals, and hard work. Protests, other forms of resistance and collective participation often characterise movements for change. In terms of environmental protection, the movement for change has been multi-generational. In recent times however, constraints have been place on children’s ability to explore their environments that undermine their connection with nature. This paper presents a dystopic scenario for discussion: If we raise a generation of children with minimal connection to nature, will we lose our activists and advocates?

Facilitated by Julie Rudner

1.30 - 3.00pm I Love You Two: A discussion of non-normative/non-monogamous relationships

A casual discussion group about different relationship configurations including non-monogamy, polyamory, BDSM relationships and their infinate variations. Its a chance for you to share strategies for coping with jealousy, knowing and negotiating your limitations and boundaries, opening up your heart and being poly in a monogamous world. The aim of this discussion is not to promote polyamory, but to provide a safe space for everyone to come and share their experiences, their trials and tribulations, and their successes. All relationships are different, and we im to help you find whats best for you, whatever shape it might take!

Facilitated by Julia Matthews

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1.30 - 3.00pm Appropriate TechnologyDiscover the resources and energy that go into manufactured items. Explore some DIY technologies. Learn how to make a composting toilet, non-electrical refrigerator, solar cooker, rocket stove, wind-powered generator, and bicycle trailer, all made from scrap materials, for free.

Facilitated by Kim Hill

3.15 - 4.45pm Brown Eyes, Blue EyesTry being treated as an Aboriginal in australia. See the otherside so you can vote and find out why, how and the now of Aboriginal polices and the impact. We will laugh and maybe cry a little but you will be educated in a way you wont forget.

Facilitated by Mitch

3.15 - 4.45pm Climate Change in Bangladesh and Peasant Movements for Food Sovereignty

Climate change is real in Bangladesh. The northern part of the country is facing deadly drought and the southern part is encountering flooding because of sea level rise and increasing salinity. But most of the people don't know why or how it is happening, nor what they should do.

We think people have the right to know.

Bangladesh Krishok Federation (BKF) is the largest grassroots-based peasant and landless movement organization in Bangladesh and is working for food sovereignty and climate justice. Come and hear about our work.

Facilitated by Pathak Lal Golder

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3.15 - 4.45pm Body PositivityBody positivity is all about accepting, loving and appreciating our bodies. In this workshop we will challenge our culture’s normative beauty standards that are often gendered, sizeist, fatphobic, thinphobic, transphobic, racist, ageist and ableist. We will challenge the way our culture fosters self-hate and body-shaming/body-policing of other people’s bodies. We will consider how body positivity can make sex and every day life so much more awesome.

These ideas will be explored through facilitated discussion, story sharing, activities, and sharing practical body positive tips/advice in an inclusive, safe space. Regardless of where you currently are on your own journey with your body, ALL bodies welcome!

Facilitated by Julia Matthews

3.15 - 4.45pm Zines: Indy PublishingThis interactive workshop will create a space for the sharing of technical skills and discussions around independent publishing projects. Topics covered will depend on the interests of folks who come along, but could include: zine themes and visions, funding, ‘cross-platform’ zine making, sourcing contributions, editing, accessibility, exposure, deadlines, graphic design, image formats and legal issues, printing, distribution, timelines and resources.

Bring: yourself :-D, ideas for a project you'd like to work on if you have them, and any zine you'd like to share (if you've got one).

Facilitated by Else Kennedy

3.15 – 4.45pm Media SkillsLet's talk about how to get more media to our actions/events, and communicate our message more clearly. Writing & sending out media releases, media call-outs, speaking to radio & TV, creating a good image/event for media.

Facilitated by Quit Coal

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5 - 6pm The Lake Cowal Bird DanceThe Lake Cowal bird dance will be learnt and performed at SoS and again at Roxby Downs as a part of the Lizards Revenge gathering.

Led by Winiata

5 - 6pm Food Coop High TeaAre you into food co-ops? Come along to this casual gathering of people who are involved or passionate about food co-ops to share stories over tea and cake. Hear what amazing things other co-ops are up to, share your concerns, ask questions and make connections that'll prove invaluable.

BYO mug. Optional: gold coin donation to cover costs of tea & cake.

Facilitated by Jeannette de Foe

5 - 6pm Introduction to Campaign StrategyYou’ve got a burning issue to confront and an enthusiastic collective...but what is the most effective way to tackle it? This workshop is a basic introduction to campaign strategy. It will teach you how to formulate goals and tactics and how to target your campaign to achieve the results you want.

5 - 6pm The (existing) National Union of Students – who needs it?Wondering why a measly fee increase of $325/yr brings 400,000 people into the streets of Montreal, while the wholesale devastation of Australian Universities has seen scarcely a peep from national student representatives? Come and discuss the inadequacies of The National Union of Students and share some ideas about how we might build a democratic, grassroots student movement in this country.

5 - 6pm The Coming Economic Collapse and How We Can Change the World

What is all this about the economy? And why should I care? The biggest depression ever and declining energy and resources are causing a gradual collapse of industrial society. While this is a daunting prospect, millions of people around the world are

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preparing and creating new systems to enable us to prosper without much money or energy. Now is the time to build the new world in the shell of the old!

Come along to hear from new awareness raising group, Doing It Ourselves, about why and how the world is about to drastically change and what we can do.

Facilitated by Theo Kitchener

5 - 6pm Occupy MovementsDiscussion to share experiences and thoughts on the Occupy movement. I was involved in the movement in several cities while travelling in the US last year.

Facilitated by Kim Hill

D i n n e r D i n n e r 6 - 7 p m6 - 7 p m

Evening Evening FilmsFilms

7.30 - 8pm Old Country, New Country - The Journey of a Raft The poignant and politically powerful story of Bardi Elder Roy Wiggan passing on to his nephew Albert the traditional aboriginal craft of raft-making. In the process, they travel from their country – the rugged and ancient beauty of the Kimberley region, one of the few remaining wildernesses on the planet -- to the once pristine, now industrialised Pilbara to the south.

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Thursday Thursday Yoga and Meditation from 6amYoga and Meditation from 6am

B r e a k f a s tB r e a k f a s t 7 . 3 0 – 8 . 3 0 a m7 . 3 0 – 8 . 3 0 a m

Plenary: Our Energy FuturesPlenary: Our Energy Futures9.00 – 10.30am9.00 – 10.30am

This year around Australia small towns have been starting community owned renewable energy projects, while activists lock onto coal-infrastructure and farmers lock-their-gates against Coal Seam Gas. It's obvious the question of how we source and generate our energy is hot and central to our lives, intersecting with issues like climate change, economics, food security and livelihoods. This session includes four speakers who'll be giving some hard-earned insight into how the energy sector in Australia works, how it's changing and what the consequences are for environmental and social justice outcomes.

Speakers: Julien Vincent (Greenpeace), Shaun Murray (Quit Coal and Friends of the Earth), Balrama Krishnan (Earthworker) and Hannah Aulby (Beyond Zero Emissions).

10.45 – 12.45pm Gravel Hill Community Gardens tour and workshop. This community garden is run by the Salvation Army near the centre of Bendigo. This demonstration site for permaculture and sustainable urban food production also provides a welcoming space for public use. The excursion will involve a tour around the gardens, planting out of local Indigenous food plants followed by lunch.

10.45 - 12.15pm Kakadu UraniumI work for the Mirarr, Traditional Owners of much of Kakadu including the Ranger and Jabiluka uranium deposits. You are no doubt aware of the significant domestic and international campaign that Senior Traditional Owner Yvonne Margarula lead in the late 1990s and early 2000s which led to the Jabiluka mine being on a long term pause.

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You may also be aware that the mining company Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) is currently digging a tunnel with a view to expanding the Ranger uranium mine underground.

Facilitated by Kirsten Blair

10.45 - 12.45pm A Gentle Yet Provocative Exploration of Culture (Yours!)

What is your culture? What does it mean to you? And how does your experience of your culture frame your understanding of other cultures? This workshop will explore our perceptions of our own cultures, delve into the details of it, and pave the way for a radical understanding of cultural marginalisation, power and privilege.

Previous participants of this workshop are encouraged to attend again as it has been developed since its last appearance at SoS.

Facilitated by Jeanette De Foe

10.45 - 12.15pm Beyond Zero Emissions's Stationary Energy Plan - 100% Renewables by 2020

Stationary Energy accounts for 54% of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions. Beyond Zero Emission's Stationary Energy Plan, launched in June 2010, demonstrates that 100% renewable energy in the electricity generation sector is achievable and affordable within 10 years.

Using the plan as a backbone, this presentation will demonstrate how this can be done using a system of concentrated solar thermal plants and large scale wind farms. BZE's current campaign to replace Port Augusta's ageing coal-fired power plants with concentrated solar thermal power plants will also be explored as a case study in the presentation.

Facilitated by Vicky Fysh & Hannah Aulby

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10.45 - 12.15pm Story Based Campaign StrategyExplore the narratives behind the issues you care about! Humans perceive information more readily through narratives then factoids or single pieces of information. A fundamental part of spreading stories is the creation and transmission of memes. These simple pieces of information can form the cornerstone of a campaign, and can come to represent the entire story in a few words. Think 'still wild, still threatened' or 'think globally, act locally'.

This workshop aims to help you frame a narrative around your campaign of choice, analyse your goals, tactics, and resources, and start to develop your own memes. A number of tools will be introduced that can be taken away to be used by your group on your own campaigns.

10.45 - 12.15pm Stop Lynas: An Australian Corporation Exporting a Toxic Legacy

Learn how you can get active in stopping Australian rare earth miner, Lynas Corporation, from imposing a radioactive legacy on local communities and the environment.

From Mt Weld, Western Australia to Kuantan, Malaysia - Lynas Corporation is posing threats to workers, communities and the environment. It raises a number of questions for Australian’s about the management and responsibilities involved in exporting radioactive materials that will outlive any corporation or government.The campaign to Stop Lynas is the target of the largest environmental justice action in Malaysian history lead by a diversity of local people – and they need your support!

10.45 - 12.15pm Parliaments or Consensus? Exploring Organising Models

What is wrong with committees, parliaments, voting and representative democracy? What are collectives, spokescouncils, consenus decision-making and participatory democracy? Are they any better?

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Facilitated by Tully McIntyre - http://stoplynas.org

Presentation on the strengths and weaknesses of representative and participatory models of organising, followed with an open discussion on the various models, with the specific aim of identifying if some are better than others and if so, then in what situations.

Facilitated by Ali Majokah

10.45 - 12.15pm Why we need mass civil disobedience to save the biosphere

According to leading scientific experts, the climate crisis threatens to reduce human population to less than 1 billion people, possibly by as early as 2060. How must civil society respond to this crisis, and how long do we have? Mass civil disobedience has long been a key tool for social movements to bring about change, so what are the lessons for the climate movement?

Facilitated by Quit Coal members

L u n c h L u n c h 1 2 . 1 5 – 1 . 3 0 p m 1 2 . 1 5 – 1 . 3 0 p m 1 – 3pm Bendigo Bank's energy efficient building tourThis tour will showcase the range of energy efficient measures such as; Under Floor Air Conditioning, shade screening, lighting, water use and transport used when designing and creating the Bendigo Banks' Headquarters. This building is predicted to consume half the energy and use half of the potable water of a typical office building its size.

1.30 - 3pm Lake Cowal - Desecration of an ancient sacred lakeLand owner Neville Chappy Williams, with Ellie Gilbert on Skype, will present a session on the struggle to protect a sacred lake and waters from desecration by a foreign owned goldmining company, Barrick Gold from Toronto Canada. They will examine the processes involved in delaying the cyanide-leaching goldmine for five years; the impact of the mine that is now in operation; and further strategies.

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1.30 - 3pm Olympic Dam & Lizards RevengeThe Australian Governments response to the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear disaster, was to approve the 100% BHP Billiton's owned Olympic Dam mine in South Australia. The mine is proposed to be the largest open cut uranium mine in the world, taking 5 yrs alone of excavating to reach the uranium ore body, deminissing SA's emissions target by 13% by 2020, to potentially fuel future nuclear disasters, transport accidents & leave a massive scar in the earth.

Join Arabunna man Peter Watts to hear about the damage that has been caused to his country, his culture & the tribes around the area. This workshop will cover the issues of uranium mining, nuclear power, weapons & waste. We will also discuss the mass rollen festival/blockade, which is a creative community response to the expansion of the mine. The time to act is now!

Facilitated by Peter Watts & Tully McIntyre

1.30 - 3pm Beating the Burnout BluesBurnout is really common in activist circles, however it is 100% preventable. Come to this engaging and re-energising workshop (some puns and role plays included) to discuss both burnout and sustainable activism. We'll also be exploring our own boundaries and concepts of self-care.

Facilitated by Ada Cicada

1.30 - 3pm Exploring Eco-socialismThe ecosocialist vision of change is grounded in a vision of grassroots democracy and full equality for all people in the world. Unlike capitalism, the purpose of the economy would be to make sure everyone had enough. Under capitalism, much of the world's population is condemned to extreme material hardship, while others are constantly urged to consume more.

Facilitated by Chris Peterson

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1.30 - 3pm Stopping the Queensland Coal Export BoomThe coal export boom in Queensland is out of control. If all of the proposed export coal mines and terminals go ahead, it would increase the amount of coal exported from Queensland by a billion tonnes per year. From mining to building rail corridors, dredging, increased shipping and increasing carbon pollution, this is an environmental disaster in waiting. Greenpeace is one of many groups campaigning to stop the coal export boom. This session is intended to share and discuss campaign strategy and plan for how to organise as part of the campaign.

Facilitated by Julien Vincent

1.30 - 3pm James Price Point - The Great New Environmental Campaign!

The Wilderness Society has made the proposed gas hub at James Price Point their national priority. Using a mixture of community campaigning (including in the region), government engagement and corporate strategies, this $40+bn project has gone from certainty to extremely unlikely in a little over a year. At this point our Kimberley campaign is a national priority, and the need for community support and mobalisation is growing by day including but not limited to Non Violent Direct Action.

Facilitated by Jaxon Barnes and Glen Klatovsky

1.30 - 3pm Personal Empowerment and Habit ChangeHave you ever read an instruction booklet for your mind? Its the most powerful thing you are ever going to own, and yet there are so many powerful ways to use it that most of us are unaware of, or we have heard of them, but don't know how to do it. In this workshop we will practice skills for fast habit creation, feeling awesome, being awesome, and totally chilling out when you need to.

Facilitated by Frazer Kirkman

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ASEN State Network ChatsASEN State Network Chats3.15- 4.45pm3.15- 4.45pm

Time set aside for State Networks to get together, meet each other, make decisions and plan for the future.

5 - 6pm Anti Uranium, Culture and the EnvironmentA presentation and discussion on anti-uranium struggles in WA, the Numgar Tent Embassy, and the impact of mining legislation.

Facilitated by Marianne

5 - 6pm Militarism, Sustainability and ActivismIs the military sustainable? Can we afford our current defence expenditure? Why is war preventing the creation of sustainable communities? What can activists do about the military industrial complex? Discussion will include a brief history of anti-war activism in the past 20 years and proposals for future actions.

Facilitated by Ben Keaney

5 - 6pm Repower Port AugustaRepower Port Augusta is a new campaign to get two of Australia's dirtiest coal plants replaced with solar and wind. By presenting detailed research, building an Alliance, holding a community vote, and getting support from the local Port Augusta council the campaign has managed to get some great coverage and serious momentum.

Come along to learn more and get involved in this exciting campaign for Australia's first solar power plant.

Facilitated by Hannah Aulby

5 - 6 PM Forests, retailers & direct action in the marketplace: markets campaigning in Australia

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The Last Stand is an environmental direct action group launched one year ago at Students of Sustainability. With your help we have been working on campaigns to highlight the role of companies such as Harvey Norman and Ta Ann in driving native forest destruction in Australia. We have had a huge year: from rad culture jamming actions to massive banner drops off the Sydney Opera House, to actions all over Australia and across the globe.

Come and find out about how and why markets campaigning works, how you can get involved and to learn more about current markets campaigns in Australia and overseas.

5 - 6pm ASEN Coal and CSG Strategy SessionASEN members and collectives have achieved incredible things on Coal and Coal Seam Gas (CSG) over the past year. From roadtrips through industry affected communities and pressuring universities to divest millions of dollars from gas companies, to attendance at rallies and the prevention of on-campus gas-fired power plants, we have shown that organised student power on this issue is fo' real.

Australia (already the world's largest coal exporter and 5th largest gas exporter) sits on the verge of booms in both of these industries. Now is the time to get organised, so come help us design a winning Coal and Gas strategy.

5 - 6pm Workshop & Preparation for Action with 100% RenewablesCome along to discuss and prepare for a local action with 100% Renewables in Bendigo on Friday.

5 - 6pm Buff ClubRachel, the star of Buff Club Melbourne, will be running this workshop for women and non gender-normative people. Buff Club is aimed at building both muscles and confidence. In this hands on workshop we'll work out together with music, you'll be suprised at how much of a better push up-er Beyonce can make you. Wear comfy clothes, all body types and abilities most enthusiastically welcomed.

Facilitated by Rachel Barrett

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D i n n e rD i n n e r 6 - 7 p m6 - 7 p mEveningEvening

Music - Music - Gig at The Golden Vine Gig at The Golden Vine feat. feat. Kurtis GentleA Melbourne based solo Roots musician who is quickly grasping the eyes and ears of Australia’s independent music scene. This 19 year old from country Victoria instantly surprises a crowd once an instrument is put in his hand, whether that be an 11 string guitar, lap slide or banjo. Kurt owns the stage with his intricate guitar work, and seemingly effortless voice. With both legs pumping, one on stompbox and the other on tambourine, all together his rootsin tunes will inspire and get the toes tapping.

McAlpine FusiliersMcAlpine’s Fusiliers combines traditional folk instruments of fiddle, accordeon and banjo with a punk rhythm to produce passionate music that is committed to continuing the burning social relevance of folk music.

McAlpine’s Fusiliers are a six piece outfit of Celtic, colonial folk rock from Victoria Australia. They draw upon celtic music from the Australian, Irish & Scottish traditions and combine it with an energetic up-beat punk rhythm to create an intoxicating brew of original music.

Commoners Revolt Featuring ex members of Final Warning, and current members of Calico Jacks and Les Brudette and the Heavy Rollers, A Commoner's Revolt - unlike the various sycophantic slaves of power so devastatingly common in the contemporary punk and general music "scene" - will never play your CEO party, annual bank-bonus coke fest, State function, boardroom orgy or any other of the various celebratory occasions that deify bourgeois decadence and corruption.

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Alternative MerrimentsAlternative Merriments

Meet 7pm Fight Filth with Forks and Flowers! GUERILLA GARDENING

Join Brett and fellow guerrilla gardens on a night time mission, armed with forks and flowers we will be planting the seeds of dissent for an alternate global nation.

Note: limited to 12 people register with Brett at Elders Kitchen.

Meet 7pm Spotlighting – an evening bush walkCome on a night time adventure with experienced ecologists and forest activists and learn about the animals in the bush, how to find them, what risks they face and how mapping their habitat helps us save them.

Led by Lauren & TimFilms

7.30 - 9pm END:CIV This film examines our culture’s addiction to systematic violence and environmental exploitation, and probes the resulting epidemic of poisoned landscapes and shell-shocked nations. Based in part on Endgame, the best-selling book by Derrick Jensen, END:CIV asks: “If your homeland was invaded by aliens who cut down the forests, poisoned the water and air, and contaminated the food supply, would you resist?

9 - 10.30pm 2012: Time for ChangeTime for Change presents an optimistic alternative to apocalyptic doom and gloom. As conscious agents of evolution, we can redesign post-industrial society on ecological principles to make a world that works for all. Rather than breakdown and barbarism, 2012 heralds the birth of a regenerative planetary culture where collaboration replaces competition, where exploration of psyche and spirit becomes the new cutting edge, replacing the sterile materialism that has pushed our world to the brink.

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FridayFridayYoga and Meditation from 6amYoga and Meditation from 6am

B r e a k f a s tB r e a k f a s t 7 . 3 0 - 8 . 3 0 a m7 . 3 0 - 8 . 3 0 a m

Plenary: Land UsePlenary: Land Use9.00 - 10.30am9.00 - 10.30am

The way we use the land, the water and the forests reflects the way we think about them. So what's up with that? Four incredible campaigners will bring some explanations and some questions about attitudes, laws and actions related to landuse in Australia. The session will include reflections from on-the-ground Forest and Water campaigners.

Speakers: Adrian Whitehead (Beyond Zero Emissions), Amelia Young (The Wilderness Society), Miranda Gibson (The Observertree) and Indira Narayan (Barmah-Millawa Collective)

9.00 - 10.30am Action w/ 100% Renewables in Bendigo

10.45 - 12.15pm Kokatha Mula women talk on protection of land, flora and fauna

We are two Kokatha Mula women from Ceduna, SA. Our country and coast on the fringe of the Nullabor is threatened by mining and mismanagement. We still look after our water rock holes as we always have, but now have to deal with weeds, feral animals and people who only want to make money from country.

Facilitated by Sue Haseldine

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10.45 - 12.15pm Dismantling Oppression in Our SpacesIn working for social change, it is extremely important to be aware of the various forms of oppression and social-exclusion which can exist within our own organising spaces. This workshop will raise consciousness of oppression and begin to address these issues within ourselves and our organising spaces.

Facilitated by Aimee and Jarred

10.45 - 12.15pm Direct Action for our forests – snapshots from around the country

Come and hear from grassroots forest campaigners from Goongerah Environment Centre (GECO), WA Forest Rescue, Central Highlands Action Group (CHAG) and others across the country. Find out what is happening on the ground – from vital surveying work to direct action in the trees - learn about the latest tactics and how you can get involved.

Facilitated by Poppy and Tim

10.45 - 12.15pm Psychology of Social ChangeThis workshop draws heavily from the book of the same name by Nick Cooney. With wide ranging applications from personal reflection to global change making, a wealth of psychological conclusions are brought to the fore in the hope of giving you the tools necessary to answer questions like “should I use fear as a motivator?”, “Should I ask people to make big changes all at once, or small incremental ones?” And “How can I best convince people about the importance environmental issues?”.

Facilitated by Ollie

10.45 - 12.15pm The Story of Smangus- Indigenous Rights in TaiwanSmangus is one of the most remote indigenous communities in Taiwan. The community was involved in a four year legal battle over rights to use timber from a wind-fallen tree which it eventually won. Come along to learn more about Smangus and indigenous rights in Taiwan. Facilitated by David Reid

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10.45 - 12.15pm What are Animals?This workshop aims to provide a point of departure for some deep questions surrounding non-humans, their role in our society, and the nature of our interactions with them. We will explore the human/non-human binary, the moral relevance of an animal’s ecological function, and ideas surrounding wilderness, domestication and ‘pests’. Using group activities, and formatted discussion topics, this workshop will seek to place our understanding of non-humans in the context of other hierarchical social relationships.

Facilitated by Basil, Sean and Sally

10.45 – 12.15pm We Are Just Custodians of the LandOur cities and farms are built on the principle of land ownership, yet we can't take land with us when we die. Much of the urban agenda and planning of cities is based on securing private property rights, the NIMBY response, while agriculture and mining is often about exploiting resources beyond their capacity to be sustained. In all cases we are dealing with land as a commodity, but is one of our great finite resources. This session asks is it time to view land as a shared resource where we are simply custodians for the future and to develop a new ethic based on sharing and sustaining the resource. How practical is such an approach, how might we start and what ideas can be used?

L u n c hL u n c h 1 2 . 1 5 – 1 . 3 0 p m1 2 . 1 5 – 1 . 3 0 p mASEN AGMASEN AGM

1.30 - 3pm1.30 - 3pm

The Annual General Meeting of the Australian Student Environment Network. There will be updates from State Networks and Campaign working groups and reportbacks from the finance officer, membership officer and the national convener. There will also be general announcments and the AGM will make any decisions that need to be made, including passing the annual budget. This meeting needs a quorum of 50 people to pass proposals and the annual budget.

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Community EventCommunity Event

4:00-5:00 Food Futures Central Victoria – Cooking local

5:30-7:15 Food Futures Forum – Food systems, Universities and Sustainability

Venue: La Trobe Visual Arts Centre, 121 View St, Bendigo

What role can universities play in creating sustainable and equitable Food Futures in Australia? Plan B, La Trobe University Student Planners Association and the La Trobe University Urban, Rural & Environmental Planning and Community Development Department; in conjunction with the National Conference of the Students of Sustainability seeks to engage SoS attendees and the Bendigo community for an evening of discussion on 'food systems, universities and urban sustainability'.

The evening will introduce local and international ideas, concepts and innovations to broaden discussion on the ways that universities can engage with, and work alongside, the wider community to address food security and sustainability.

The evening will feature an exclusive presentation from a renowned US food security expert from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.

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3.15 - 6pm Climbing Skills ShareLearn to climb trees!

3.15 - 4.45 Walmadan Country is CallingRodney will discuss his feelings about the gas hub being built on Walmadan Country at James price point and show a film, ‘Old county new Country’.

Facilitated by Rodney and Susannah

3.15 - 4.45 Climate Change and Social JusticeCome along for an open discussion ranging questions including: How do various approaches to climate change, like carbon trading and taxation, the international negotiations process, lifestyle change, and transition to renewable energy etc. take up the injustice at the core of climate change? How can the tactics, campaigns, goals and analysis of the climate movement better take up these injustices?

Facilitated by Student Environmental Action Collective USYD

3.15 - 4.45 Indigenous People and Self-determinationThe environmental movement, like many other movements, mainstream or otherwise, tends to base itself within a colonised framework. This means that all of us are susceptible to making excuses for why indigenous people continue to be negatively affected by (invasion/) environment resource use & extraction, & how these matters are governed.

Friends of the Earth’s work with indigenous communities was founded to confront racism within the e-NGO scene; and to tackle ongoing colonialist government practices & policies. This workshop will discuss how we engage with indigenous communities to campaign together for aspirations for sustainable land justice focussing on joint management of lands & waters.

Facilitated by Alyssa and Indira

3.15 - 4.45 Beyond Zero Emissions's Land Use Plan22% of Australia's emissions are from land use, forestry and agriculture. Beyond Zero Emission's Land Use Plan offers solutions for decarbonising this sector completely

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within 10 years. Using the plan as a backbone, this presentation will start answering questions such as: what products should we prioritise for our land? How much land can be used as a sustainable energy source without competing against food production? The Land Use Plan will identify human land use practices which will be net sinks and stores of atmospheric carbon while providing a comprehensive assessment of how Australia can manage its productive capacity, ecological heritage and ecosystems services for the future.

3.15 - 4.45 Let’s Stop the Cuts!An open discussion about the changes taking place across Australian universities, what we can do to resist them and, ultimately, move toward an education system that serves the interests of students, staff and everyone else who gets screwed by the current one.

Come share your experience of authoritarian management decisions and ideas for cross-campus collaboration!

3.15 - 4.45 Smuggled to Freedom: Behind the people smuggling rhetoric with Hazara refugee

The government uses the spectre of "evil" people smuggling and the "people smuggling model" to sell the idea that there is an illegitimate way of refugees getting here via boat. But this is a thinly veiled attack on desperate refugees fleeing to Australia on leaky boats. Many of the "people smugglers" locked up in Australian jails are poor Indonesian fisher boys.

The push factors causing refugees to flee their countries means criminalising people smuggling does not stop refugees getting on leaky boats but makes them scared of alerting authorities when they need help. On the 20th anniversary of mandatory detention in Australia join us for a discussion why Australia should decriminialise people smuggling and welcome refugees.

Facilitated by the Melbourne University Refugee Action Collective and Solidarity

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3.15 - 4.45 Compassion ExcercisesThink you have the compassion of Gandhi? Join us to practice ways to cultivate your compassion and share it with others.

5 - 6pm Indigenous Language Revitalisation and Maintenance There were 250 or more Aboriginal languages in Australia before white contact, However Aboriginal people were forbidden to speak and teach their languages to their children. As a result of this there are only 20 languages that are strong and being used. Indigenous people in NSW are now taking the incentive and working to revitalise and maintain their languages. My language (Gumbaynggirr) on the Mid North Coast of Australia is one of those languages.

With Michael Jarrett

5 - 6pm On the Ground at Rio+20You've probably heard something about Rio+20. The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development was the biggest ever UN meeting. It was intended as reaffirmation and renewal of the agenda set at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. But what was it even, and did it achieve anything? Get the perspective from two students who were there, ask your questions and join a conversation about what Rio+20 might mean for the future of sustainability at a global level.

Facilitated by Frances and Tom

5 - 6pm Green Carbon- what is it, and why does it matter?Natural forests, wherever they occur, can store very large amounts of carbon. That carbon is released to the atmosphere when they are disturbed whether by logging or clearing. It makes no difference whether they are in Indonesia or Australia. 2008 research conducted by the ANU showed that Australia's south-east forests are some of the most carbon-rich in the world.

So why are we still woodchipping them? Come along to learn about some of the key findings of the green carbon science, the irreplaceable role forests play in tackling climate change, and how you can help protect these forests.

Presented by Amelia Young (TWS)

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5 - 6pm Introduction to FacilitationConsensus decision making is a great model, but not always easy to implement. Effective facilitation can make meetings and decision making inclusive, democratic and efficient. This workshop will provide many useful tools and processes that can help you become a confident facilitator.

Facilitated by Jason

5 - 6pm So You're a Convenor? A workshop for convenors/officers looking to further develop their facilitation skills, learn some more advanced strategies for building and maintaining collectives and discuss ways of solving problems common to environment collectives and state enviro networks.

Facilitated by Jarred

5 - 6pm Buff ClubRachel, the star of Buff Club Melbourne, will be running this workshop for women and non gender-normative people. Buff Club is aimed at building both muscles and confidence. In this hands on workshop we'll work out together with music, you'll be suprised at how much of a better push up-er Beyonce can make you. Wear comfy clothes, all body types and abilities most enthusiastically welcomed.

With Rachel Barrett

5 - 6pm Turn the World into a Permaculture Sculpture"Though the problems of the world are increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple” - Bill Mollison co-founder of permaculture. Join Brett for an inspiring journey on the design, development and implementation of a progressive permaculture project at Flinders University.

Facilitated by Brett

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D i n n e r D i n n e r 6 - 7 p m6 - 7 p mEveningEvening

Open Mic @ Student UnionOpen Mic @ Student UnionCome share your skillz, or just enjoy those of others!

FilmsFilms

7.30 - 9pm Growing Change a journey inside Venezuela's food revolution (59 mins)

Growing Change follows the filmmaker's journey to understand why current food systems leave hundreds of millions of people in hunger. It's a journey to understand how the world will feed itself in the future in the face of major environmental challenges. After hearing about efforts in Venezuela to develop a more equitable and sustainable food and agriculture system, the filmmaker heads there to see if it's working and find out what we might be able to learn from this giant experiment.

Chris Peterson will be facilitating discussion following the film.

9pm RiP: A Remix Manifesto (85 min)Immerse yourself in the energetic, innovative and potentially illegal world of mash-up media with RiP: A Remix Manifesto. Let web activist Brett Gaylor and musician Greg Gillis (A.K.A. Girl Talk) serve as your digital tour guides on a probing investigation into how culture builds upon culture in the information age. Utilizing technical expertise and a ferocious creative streak, Girl Talk repositions popular music to create a wild and edgy dialogue between artists from all genres and eras. But are his practices legal? Do his methods of frenetic appropriation embrace collaboration in its purest sense? Or are they infractions of creative integrity and violations of copyright?

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SaturdaySaturdayYoga and Meditation from 6amYoga and Meditation from 6am

B r e a k f a s tB r e a k f a s t 7 . 3 0 – 8 . 3 0 a m7 . 3 0 – 8 . 3 0 a m

Plenary: NukesPlenary: Nukes9.00 - 10.30am9.00 - 10.30am

The nuclear industry is one of the most destructive to Indigenous people across the globe. In Australia, the history of the nuclear chain – from the mining of uranium, to the threat of nuclear waste dumps – has been nothing but sickness, displacement from country and the poisoning of land & water. The struggle continues, by a strong group of people protecting culture & country from this toxic industry. Join the plenary to hear first hand from the Indigenous people leading the campaign on country against all stages of the nuclear chain.

Speakers: Mitch (Arrente), Peter Watts (Arabunna), Marianne Mackay (Noongar) & short video message from Muckaty traditional owners, with MC Tully McIntyre

10.45 - 12.15pm Sandon Point Aboriginal Tent Embassy (SPATE)How the Illawarra Aboriginal / Non Aboriginal Community joined forces to stop the desecration of an Ancient Burial Site at Sandon Point.

Uncle Roy Dootch Kennedy will Skype in to discuss.

10.45 - 12.15pm Protecting Manuwangku - the campaign to stop a radioactive waste dump at Muckaty, NT

July marks seven years since the federal government announced plans for a national radioactive waste dump in the NT. There has been fierce and ongoing resistance to the plan from Traditional Owners, Northern Territory Government, national health and environment groups. A federal court case opposing the nomination of Muckaty has

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been launched and trade unions are pledging support for workers refusing to cooperate. Traditional Owners blocked the national highway and stopped a road train to demonstrate they will not allow nuclear waste to travel to the site. This workshop will discuss the vibrant community campaign and opportunities for students to get involved.

10.45 - 12.15pm The Zapatista Rebellion - Masked Autonomy in the Face of NeoliberalismThe Mexican Zapatista Movement has been marked as one of the most canonised and powerful indigenous uprisings in the world. Seeded in the mountainous villages on the Southern border of the country, it grew international recognition and support as a symbol not only of indigenous resistance, but that of marginalised peoples around the globe. Learn about its origins, its chronicles and its continuity as a model for autonomous governance that remains in practice today.

Facilitated by Jacqueline Fetchet

10.45 - 12.15pm Prisons and PolicingA discussion of prisons and policing with focus on Australia and particularly Victoria, contextualised within the wider prison abolition movement. Investigating some groups of people and communities that are criminalised (such as Aboriginal people) and how issues of gender, race and class mean that marginalised communities are more likely to be heavily policed and incarcerated. As well as covering questions related to community safety in relation to prisons and sentencing.

Facilitated by Lorena Solin

10.45 - 12.15pm Deeper Theories of ChangeOur campaigns for a better world take place in a context, and reflect social and political realities and trends. This workshop challenges participants to ask critical ‘big picture’ questions about change, and engages them in reflection and dialogue. The workshop is inspired by Greg Speeter’s urging that social change agents need to have some sort of theory of social change which guides their actions and efforts. Even before one sets about deciding on a set of goals for an organization ... one first has to have a theory about how change will occur as a guide to setting those goals.

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We all have a theory of change, but rarely take time to articulate or share it. Participants generally find this a powerful experience that guides their future approach to working for change.

Facilitated by Ahri Tallon

10.45 - 12.15pm Growing AbundanceGrowing Abundance is a community development project in Castlemaine aimed at building Food Security and Community Resilience. We have been running four programs working towards these aims including: backyard harvest, food for thought - films and speakers about food, CAKE - Castlemaine Abundance Kitchen Enterprise and produced a Local Produce Guide aimed at empowering people buy local food and be connected with our farmers.

Facilitated by Lucy Young

10.45 - 12.15pm Culture JammingWhen so much public space has been privatised, how do we get alternative messages out there? How do you challenge brands in a saturated multimedia environment? Enjoy a presentation of amazing creative works from across the world, hear about exciting new project Vulture Jam, and discuss what new and creative culture jamming tactics we can all use to get our messages out to the public realm.

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Activist FairActivist Fair12.15 – 2pm12.15 – 2pm

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1.30 - 3pm Responding to Interpersonal Violence in Activist Communities

The Australian legal system is criticised as a system that is not only unjust but also further disempowers survivors of assault. This discussion-based workshop looks at ways activists can respond meaningfully to sexual assault within our communities, and examines alternatives to using the police or state system that is empowering to survivors.

Facilitated by Ada C and John F

1.30 - 3pm The Coming Coal Boom - Coal Mining Expansion in QldWith around 120 new mines or expansions, matched with massive rail and port expansions, Australia is on the verge of a coal boom. If built on schedule, the coal from the Galilee Basin alone would use up around 7% of the total global allowable carbon budget out to 2050. 2012 and 2013 are critical years to intervene in order to stop tens of billions of dollars of investment being locked in.

We urgently need to build the anti-coal movement and mobilise off the back of the community backlash to coal seam gas. If we fail to act decisively over the next two years, it will be too late to have any chance of stopping almost all of the key infrastructure projects and most of the mega-mines.

Facilitated by Ahri Tallon

1.30 - 3pm Environmental Ethics and Philosophy (for everyone!)Come along for an open discussion ranging questions including: What is the relationship between humans and the environment? What even is this thing called 'the environment'? Are some species more valuable than others? What is biodiversity and why is it important? What are our ethical obligations towards the non-human world? What are the points of intersection between environmental concerns, and concerns about class, gender and race/ethnicity?

Facilitated by Student Environmental Action Collective USYD

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1.30 - 3pm Latin American Struggles for SustainabilityLatin American grassroots organisations together with indigenous people are organising and fighting for their land, their rivers their clean air, are fighting against multinational corporations that are taken their land and bring misery and dispossession for majority of its people.

Our workshop will explore and share ideas of those movements that are building better conditions for peoples well-being from Mexico asking freedom for zapatistas political prisoners to Patagonia where people are defending their rivers from electric multinationals, hope we have fun.

In Solidarity,

Latin American Solidarity Network (LASNET)

Facilitated by Marisol Salinas, Lucho Riquelme, and Rodrigo Rojas

1.30 - 3pm Anti Nukes Strategy SessionIn this session we will take the opportunity to share updates and ideas from around the country and strategise how to best work together in the coming year.

Anti-nuclear battles are happening all over the country (and the world) and it's hard to keep up with what's going on, but even if we're only active on a couple of issues, it's useful to share ideas and resources. With the Olympic Dam expansion on the cards, exploration rife across Western Australia, and the ban on uranium mining reversal in NSW, it's a crucial time to strategise regionally and nationally. See you there!

Facilitated by Gem Romuld & Emma Kefford

1.30 - 3pm Miranda Gibson in the Observer Tree - Live skype video link to tree sit

Miranda has been living in a tree sixty metres high for over six months now. Live blogging her experiences to the world she has inspired people across the globe and been featured in high profile international media outlets such as Al Jazeera and the

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Guardian. Hear about the unique and threatened Tasmanian forests Miranda has been fighting to save, and why she has taken this extraordinary step.

Hosted by campaigners with Still Wild, Still Threatened, this session will feature a presentation by Miranda, a tour of her tree sit, and Q and A session so all your burning questions about what life is really like in the trees, can be answered!

Facilitated by Nicola Paris

3.15 - 4.45pm The Lake Cowal Bird DanceThe Lake Cowal bird dance will be learnt and performed at SoS and again at Roxby Downs as a part of the Lizards Revenge gathering.

Led by Winiata

3.15 - 4.45pm Farmland not gasland. Alliance building and new environmental campaigning in rural Victoria

The campaign calling for a moratorium, lead by Friends of the Earth, on new coal and gas projects in Victoria has many similarities with the CSG campaigns in NSW and QLD as urban environemntalists find common cause with farming and rural communities. This workshop will give an overview of the campaign against new fossil fuel projects in Victoria.

Facilitated by Cam Walker

3.15 - 4.45pm Lizard’s Revenge: Direct Action & LegalsThis workshop will gather people together who are thinking of going to The Lizard's Revenge for some direct action training and a chat about the legal aspects of the camp and protesting at Olympic Dam. This is a space to get questions answered and figure out some tactics to stay safe and happy while blockading the site of potentially the world's largest uranium mine!

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3.15 - 4.45pm Keen to get involved with ASEN?This workshop will give you everything you need to know about being a member of ASEN (Australian Student Environment Network). It will explain to you how we communicate, the various levels of ASEN, why it is important that you join, and how we can collectively harness our political strength to achieve social change.

Facilitated by Raffaele Fantasia (ASEN Membership Officer)

3.15 - 4.45pm Empowering Yourself Through Art! - Environmental, activist and eco-art history and skillshare

This workshop would be divided into two parts. The first part would be a quick and informal history of environmental and activist art, talking about the differences between environmental activism and environmental activist art and discussion how art can open up new types of discussion. The second part would be a skillshare, discussing art and actions that participants could do as protests and also as ways of empowering themselves.

3.15 - 4.45pm Real ‘n Raw with Realfoods: Green Smoothies and Sweet Treats Cooking

We will kick off this demo with an intro to our on-campus organic, fairtrade, vegetarian, volunteer-run cafe. How does it work? What’s on our menu? Ways you can advocate for healthier food choices on your campus. Next up, the Realfoods cafe co-ordinator SmoothieGirl will demo her “Oh My Greens” and “Winter Warmer” Seasonal Smoothies. Everyone loves a sweet snack... Get hands-on with the final three recipes in our workshop as you learn how to make truffles, no-bake choc chip cookies and cake... Never fear, you’ll get to taste test these organic, nutritious, fairtrade and delicious recipes too!

Presented by SmoothieGirl and the RMIT University Student Union’s Realfoods cafe volunteers

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OzGREEN’s Youth Leading the World 2012 : How You Can Get Involved in Empowering a Generation for Change!Imagine thousands of young people coming together in multiple locationssimultaneously… focusing their attention on global sustainability challenges such asenergy, food, climate change and water and planning together how they can createfairer futures. This is exactly what is you can be a part of to empower an entire generation!

On track for 50 locations across Australia and the World YOUth can truly make adifference! Get along to this workshop to find out more about it and exactly how youcan get your community congress up and running and a part of this amazing networkof future leaders!

Building the Australian Student Environment NetworkBuilding the Australian Student Environment Network5 - 6pm5 - 6pm

Come along to discuss plans for the future of the network and put forward your ideas about how we can build a mass student environmental justice movement.

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D i n n e r D i n n e r 6 - 7 p m6 - 7 p mEveningEvening

Party, Party, Party! - A Lizard’s Revenge FundraiserParty, Party, Party! - A Lizard’s Revenge Fundraiser

Student Union Bar feat. Kaso and Mads All female grass roots political hip hop.

Ungus, Ungus, UngusThis progressive funk rock pop psychedelia outfit has been crafting a unique fusion of styles for several millennia. The band creates music that is at once accessible and challenging, familiar and weird. As explorative in their lyrically cryptic protest song writing as they are in their genre-defying, multi-directional and technically profound instrumental explorations, Ungus Ungus Ungus are dedicated purveyors of original music.

PataphysicsRecently listed in MTVs 'Top Ten Breakout Bands of Australia', Pataphysics is an Oz Hip Hop rarity. Lead by the multi-instrumental, multilingual Pat Marks, Pataphysics has built a strong following for their original blend of hip hop, soul, jazz and global rhythms. With influences such as Miles Davis, Zakir Hussain, Fela Kuti, Dangelo and Public Enemy, Pataphysics live shows are dynamic and fresh, incorporating his powerful politically conscious flows with freestyle poetry, live improvised beats and percussion, and even traditional north Indian rhythms.

The Sitar Adventure

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FilmsFilms

7.30 - 9.30pm Eco-Pirate - The story of Paul Watson

"Eco-Pirate" tells the story of a man on a mission to save the planet and its oceans. The film follows professional radical ecologist, Captain Paul Watson as he repeatedly flouts the law, so that he may apprehend what he sees as the more serious law-breakers: the illegal poachers of the world.

9.30 - 11.30pm What About Me

One Giant Leap have created a unique music, TV and film project. What About Me? is the culmination of 4 years work visiting 50 global locations collecting wisdom and musical jewels. It's an inspiring and alarming look at our collective insanity: how we are ego-driven, needy in relationships, insatiable in desire, addicted to status, wounded by childhood and unable to stop thinking, but how we still manage to be inspired and creative. Unscripted, with no storyboard, these conversations all reveal how we are connected not only through our creativity and our beliefs but most of all through our madness!

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SundaySundayYoga and Meditation from 6amYoga and Meditation from 6am

B r e a k f a s tB r e a k f a s t 7 . 3 0 – 8 . 3 0 a m7 . 3 0 – 8 . 3 0 a m

Plenary: Sustainable CommunitiesPlenary: Sustainable Communities9.00 - 10.30am9.00 - 10.30am

What does a sustainable community mean to you? How are you playing a part in a sustainable community? How do you think people can be involved in creating a sustainable community?

Ian McBurney (Bendigo Sustainability Group), Caroline Bridgefoot (Mount Alexander Sustainability Group), Beck Lowe (Permaculture), Sebastian Klein (mayor of Hepburn Shire), Leah Galvins (food hub and community with council), Katie Finaly (Mount Alexander Fruit Gardens)

10.45 - 12.45pm St Francis of the Fields Primary School tour and workshop

This 5 star Sustainable School has a dedicated environment centre, a working farm and fruit and vegetable gardens. We will tour their facilities and discuss the school's commitment to sustainable education. There will also be a short pruning workshop on the school's fruit trees as well the opportunity to get our hands dirty.

10.45 - 12.15pm Blue Eyes Brown Eyes Try being treated as an Aboriginal in Australia. See the other side so you can vote and find out why, how and the now of Aboriginal polices and the impact. We will laugh and maybe cry a little but you will be educated in a way you wont forget.

Facilitated by Mitch

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10.45 - 12.15pm Mental Health and Our Communities Stress, anxiety 'disorder', depression, bipolar, obsessive compulsive 'disorder', schizophrenia. There are a lot of 'types' of mental 'illness'. In this workshop we won't explore them all. We won't necessarily look at any specifically. We will share and discuss experiences of mental health issues, hopefully coming up with some ideas about how to look after ourselves, our friends and our communities.

Learning self-care, support and how to talk about mental health issues is vital to our attempts to bring about social change and to our lives. Come to the workshop if you're interested in having an open discussion, sharing resources and ideas. Everything in this workshop will be confidential.

Facilitated by Emma Kefford

10.45 - 12.15pm Fun and GamesWe think games are important for fun and learning. Expect a fun, paticipatory and lively workshop space where you can shake your sillies out and reinvigorate your brain. We want to play games together and chat about the use of games in workshops and activist education. This workshop will include various sorts of games that aim to cater to a range of participation styles. Be prepared for a dorky time because there's nothing cool about us.

Facilitated by Tilly and Sarah

10.45 - 12.15pm Permaculture: Positive ActionThis session will explore permaculture as form of positive activisim. It will draw from Beck’s life experience of being actively involved in various environmental campaigns – tree sitting, getting arrested and spending time in jail – and her subsequent discovery of permaculture.

Campaigning and activisim is often played out within a very negative framework – constantly protesting against various environmental evils – and this can take a large toll on the mental and emotional wellbeing of activists involved. Permaculture offers a

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solutions-based alternative and is thus able to balance this negativity with positive ways forward.

Facilitated by Beck

10.45 - 12.15pm Generation Wake Up ExperienceThe Generation Wake Up experience is an experiential workshop that gives young people a clear sense of identity and purpose as members of a generation wide movement for a just, sustainable world. Through group interaction, inspiring video, reflection and dialogue, Generation Wake Up takes participants through four important questions:

Who are we?Where are we?What has to change?What do we know now?

With Darcie Jordan

10.45 - 12.15pm How sustainability is destroying the EarthWhat are we trying to sustain? Life on Earth or a growth economy? Explore the assumptions, beliefs, power structures and vested interests behind the sustainability movement. Harmful impacts of supposedly sustainable actions, technologies and lifestyles on the living planet. Shifting from industrial to ecological values.

Facilitated by Kim Hill

L u n c hL u n c h 1 2 . 1 5 – 1 . 3 0 p m1 2 . 1 5 – 1 . 3 0 p m

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1.30 - 3pm Tour de Home Grown. The Tour de Home Grown is an initiative started by LEAF (La Trobe Environmental Action Forum) to help students learn about alternatives the current food system. It is a bike ride that starts at La Trobe University and moves through several residential food growing gardens, community gardens and some areas where public fruit trees can be accessed.

Expect a long ride, and a social event to show students how easy cycling is in Bendigo, how and where they can grow their own food, who outside of the university community is involved in alternative urban food production along with providing an opportunity to get outside SOS and see the town from the back of a bike! There might even be some small workshops on mapping fruit trees in your local area, and tips on food production at home.

1.30 - 3.30pm Human Relationship to NatureShowing End:Civ film with a discussion following screening

Facilitated by Peter Watts

1.30 - 3pm Social Movement TheoryIn this workshop participants will learn about and discuss past social movements around the world within theoretical frameworks developed specifically by Bill Moyer the author of 'Doing Democracy'. Participants will understand the how organisations work together to create movements and how different movements have been successful. In addition we will also delve into what skills and concepts are important to keep a movement growing and effective.

Facilitated by Ahri Tallon

1.30 - 3pm Eat Your CampusAre you part of a community garden, food coop, or other food-production related project on your campus, or want to be? Come along to meet other foodies, and learn more about the Eat Your Campus network!!

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We'll be having an informal discussion to collect ideas from you about the kinds of support food groups need to build a thriving community garden, veg box coop, etc. We'll also be sharing and troubleshooting common problems we all have encountered with our own projects at our own campuses.See you there!

Facilitated by Bianca Jewell

1.30 - 3pm Money, My FriendWhy do people, projects and organisations with the best intentions often struggle with money, and fail to accomplish their goals for our world because of lack of sufficient finances? We all need money, yet why do we judge it all the time, call it evil, and mismanage it? Through this workshop, participants will gain a new perspective on money, which is nothing, but “energy” that we either attract or repel in our lives. Money is a neutral thing. What matters is how we choose to use it.

In this workshop, we will: Go on a journey within ourselves, uncover our negative beliefs about money, bust those myths, and learn the basics of ‘emotional freedom techniques (EFT)’ to start creating the future that we want.

So, come along with an open mind, and be prepared to question your old beliefs and release negative thought forms to create a brighter future for our world.

Facilitated by Mahima Kalla

1.30 - 3pm Crotchets & Crochet (knot what you think...)Come share your skills in music, crochet (knitting permitted) and tying knots. We use these skills to sustain ourselves and our movement; music for fundraisers, yarn bombing, climbing for banner drops. What do you use your skills for? Bring crochet hooks, knitting needles, rope, yarn, string, string instruments, brass instruments…. you get the idea. This is for you if you have a musical composition you want feedback on, a concept for a crafty idea, or a place you need ropes to get to

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(climbing/abseiling/caving). We hope you will leave this DIY workshop having contributed or gained at least one new skill.

Facilitated by Basil and Liam

1.30 - 3pm Masculinities - Issues and opportunitiesThis workshop presents a safe space for people to come together and share their personal experiences of masculinities in today society. The idea stems from the facilitator's experience doing Gender Studies and finding a lack of other young men willing to engage with these important political/sexual/identity/etc issues. After sharing, the discussion will be directed towards brainstorming different ways to develop and encourage ethical masculinities.

Please note: though this workshop is aimed at men, people other than male-identified are welcome to attend and contribute to the discussion.

Facilitated by Michael Chew

1.30 - 3pm Acro-Balance for Beginners & Juggle-JamEver wanted to run away to the circus? You don't have to run far! A beginners course in stretching, counter-balance and the basics of acro-balance (not to be confused with acrobatics!). Warm-up activities/games and a focus on two-person combinations but partner not essential. All ages/skill levels welcome (although there may be some weight-bearing). Bring a towel/yoga mat if you have one and juggling gear for a 'juggle-jam' afterwards. Come join in the fun!

With Anna Thomson

3.15 - 4.30pm Edible weeds walkWalk around campus, eat some weeds. Learn about nutrition, culture, economics, and ecology of weeds. Become an urban forager.

With Kim Hill

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3.15 - 4.30pm Make Your Own Zines!Come along and skillshare zine making skills. There will be paper, pencils, paste, pompoms, pixels and a pretty prize - your very own zine - at the end!

With Else.

3.15 - 4.30pm Vegan Cupcake Baking and EatingBring your recipes, aprons, and creativity for a lovely afternoon of cupcake baking, eating and tea. Yum, yum, yum!

With Tom

3.15 - 4.30pm Bliss SessionGet high.

With Frazer Kirkman

Conference close & self-organised politico-interpretiveConference close & self-organised politico-interpretive dancedance

4.30 -4. 57pm4.30 -4. 57pm

Use your imagination. It’s boundless.

D i n n e rD i n n e r 6 - 7 p m6 - 7 p m

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ThankyousThankyousArtz'n'Farces for producing the sound that nightly graced the stages.

Video Architecture for sound and visuals.

All of the musicians who offered their support and lovely tunes for our aural pleasure.

Chris Ennis from CERES, for bringing us into contact with so many great farmers, growers and suppliers that help us bypass the supermarket-style food system.

Yasser from Naturally on High - ethical food-buying made easy

Jeanette de Foe and Michael from Forno Radicale, the best darn bakery on High St, Thornbury

Sharon and Jerry from Jerry's VegiBurgers

Thompson's Orchard Harcourt for a boot-load of delicious in-season apples

Daz and the crew at Bendigo Wholefoods for their energy on the Friday night Food Futures forum.

Mark and all the crew at the BSA (Bendigo Student Association) who've helped with so much organising and support.

The Quarry Hill community for looking after the Bendigo-branch of the organising collective with meals, treats, food drops and other resources

Karen from Make A Change for providing leadership mentoring and workshops to the Bendigo-branch of the organising collective

These Box-Ironbark Forests for their resilience in the face of droughts, floods fires and human greed, and inspiring us Bendigo mob each day as we ride, walk, lie and sleep in you.

The collective of collectives across this big hunk of earth who have worked so tirelessly on campaigns and actions, large and small, that have inspired us whilst we've been organising this to share with you. Thank you for your efforts to look after not only your patch but, those of others.

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s (B

1.38)

B

reak

5 –

6 pm

Indi

geno

us

lang

uage

re

vita

lisat

ion

and

mai

nten

ance

(M

icha

el

Jarr

ett)

(Eng

. 2.

14)

On

the

grou

nd

at R

io+2

0 (B

2.28

)

Gree

n Ca

rbon

- w

hat i

s it,

and

w

hy d

oes

it m

atte

r?

(B2.

30)

So Y

ou’re

a

Conv

enor

? (B

1.38)

Intr

oduc

tion

to

Faci

litat

ion

(B1.3

0)

Buff

Clu

b (G

ym)

Turn

the

Wor

ld

into

a

Perm

acul

ture

Sc

ulpt

ure

(IBC

102)

6 –

7pm

Din

ner (

SU F

loor

)Ev

enin

g O

pen

Mic

Nig

ht @

SU

Flo

orA

lter

nativ

e M

erri

men

ts

* Bi

n D

ivin

g w

ith B

renn

y, D

an &

Fos

s– 9

:30p

m

(Mee

t @ F

lagp

oles

out

side

SU

)

Film

s (C

ircul

ar L

ectu

re T

heat

re)

7.30

pm: G

row

ing

Chan

ge -

A Jo

urne

y In

side

Ven

ezue

la's

Foo

d Re

volu

tion

9pm

: RIP

: A R

emix

Man

ifest

o

Saturday

Saturday

6am

Yoga

& M

edita

tion

(IBC

105)

7.30

– 8

.30a

mBr

eakf

ast (

SU F

loor

)9

- 10.

30am

Ant

i-Nuk

es P

lena

ry (M

LT)

Brea

k10

.45a

m –

12.15

pmSP

ATE

– Sa

ndon

Po

int A

borig

inal

Te

nt E

mba

ssy

(Roy

D

ootc

h Ke

nned

y)(E

ng. 2

.14)

Prot

ectin

g M

anuw

angk

u- th

e ca

mpa

ign

to s

top

a ra

dioa

ctiv

e w

aste

du

mp

at M

ucka

ty,

NT

(IBC

102)

The

Zapa

tista

Re

belli

on -

Mas

ked

Auto

nom

y in

the

Face

of

Neo

liber

alis

m

(B2.

30)

Pris

ons

and

Polic

ing

(B1.3

0)D

eepe

r The

orie

s of

Ch

ange

(IBC

108)

Grow

ing

Abun

danc

e (B

2.28

)Cu

lture

Jam

min

g (B

1.38)

12.15

– 1.

30pm

Lunc

h &

AC

TIVI

ST F

AIR!

(SU

Flo

or)

1.30p

m –

3.0

0pm

Sove

reig

nty

& th

e Te

nt E

mba

ssy

(Dar

ren

Bloo

mfie

ld) (

Eng.

2.

14)

Resp

ondi

ng to

Inte

rper

sona

l Vi

olen

ce in

Activ

ist

Com

mun

ities

(B

1.38)

The

Com

ing

Coal

Bo

om –

Coa

l M

inin

g Ex

pans

ion

in Q

LD (B

2.30

)

Envi

ronm

enta

l Et

hics

and

Ph

iloso

phy

(for

ev

eryo

ne!)

(IBC

108)

Latin

Am

eric

an

Stru

ggle

s fo

r Su

stai

nabi

lity

(B2.

28)

Anti-

Nuk

es

Stra

tegy

Ses

sion

(B

1.30)

Mira

nda

Gib

son

in

the

Obs

erve

r Tre

e -

Live

sky

pe v

ideo

lin

k to

tree

sit

(IBC

102)

Brea

k3.

15pm

– 4

.45p

mTh

e La

ke C

owal

Bi

rd D

ance

(W

inia

ta) (

Eng.

2.

14)

Farm

land

not

Ga

slan

d: A

llian

ce

build

ing

and

new

en

viro

nmen

tal

cam

paig

ning

in

rura

l Vic

toria

(I

BC10

2)

Liza

rd’s

Rev

enge

: D

irect

Act

ion

and

Lega

ls (B

2.28

)

Keen

to G

et

Invo

lved

With

AS

EN? (

B1.3

8)

Empo

wer

ing

Your

self

Thro

ugh

Art!

- En

viro

nmen

tal,

activ

ist a

nd e

co-a

rt

hist

ory

and

skill

shar

e (B

2.30

)

Real

‘n R

aw w

ith

Real

food

s: G

reen

Sm

ooth

ies

and

Swee

t Tre

ats

Cook

ing

Dem

o (I

BC10

8)

OzG

reen

– Y

outh

Le

adin

g th

e W

orld

(B

1.30)

Brea

k5p

m –

6pm

Build

ing

the

Aus

tral

ian

Stud

ent E

nvir

onm

ent N

etw

ork

(B2.

28)

6 –

7pm

Dinn

er (S

U F

loor

)

Even

ing

Part

y, P

arty

, Par

ty! –

A L

izar

d’s

Fund

rais

er @

SU

Flo

orfe

atur

ing…

Kaso

and

Mad

sU

ngus

, ung

us, u

ngus

Pata

phys

ics

The

Sita

r Adv

entu

re

Film

s (C

ircul

ar L

ectu

re T

heat

re)

7.30

pm: E

co-P

irate

– T

he S

tory

of P

aul W

atso

n9p

m: T

he F

utur

e of

Fis

h –

TED

Tal

k9.

30pm

: Wha

t Abo

ut M

e?

Sunday

Sunday

6am

Yoga

& M

edita

tion

(IBC

105)

7.30

am –

8.3

0am

Brea

kfas

t (SU

Flo

or)

9am

– 10

.30a

mSu

stai

nabl

e Co

mm

uniti

es P

lena

ry (M

LT)

Brea

k10

.45a

m –

12.15

pmEx

curs

ion

St F

ranc

is o

f th

e Fi

elds

Pr

imar

y Sc

hool

to

ur a

nd

wor

ksho

p:

10.4

5 –

12.4

5pm

(M

eet @

Fl

agpo

les

outs

ide

SU)

Brow

n Ey

es, B

lue

Eyes

(Mitc

h)

(Eng

. 2.14

)

Men

tal H

ealth

an

d O

ur

Com

mun

ities

(I

BC10

8)

Fun

& G

ames

(I

BC10

2)Pe

rmac

ultu

re:

Posi

tive

Actio

n (B

2.28

)

Gene

ratio

n W

ake

Up

Expe

rienc

e (B

2.30

)

How

Su

stai

nabi

lity

is

Des

troy

ing

the

Eart

h (B

1.30)

12.15

pm –

1.30

pmLu

nch

(SU

Flo

or)

1.30p

m –

3.0

0pm

Excu

rsio

nTo

ur D

e H

ome

Grow

n (M

eet

@ F

lagp

oles

ou

tsid

e SU

)

Hum

an

Rela

tions

hips

to

Nat

ure

(Pet

er

Wat

ts) (

Eng.

2.

14)

Soci

al

Mov

emen

t Th

eory

(B1.3

0)

Eat y

our C

ampu

s (I

BC10

5)M

oney

, my

frie

nd (B

2.30

)Cr

otch

ets

&

Croc

het (

knot

w

hat y

ou

thin

k...)

(IBC

108)

Mas

culin

ities

- is

sues

and

op

port

uniti

es(B

1.38)

Acro

-Bal

ance

for

Begi

nner

s &

Ju

ggle

'-Jam

(I

BC10

2)

Brea

k3.

15pm

– 4

.30p

mEd

ible

Wee

ds

Wal

k (I

BC10

5)M

ake

Your

Ow

n Zi

ne! (

IBC1

08)

Vega

n Cu

pcak

e Ba

king

to T

ake

Ove

r the

Wor

ld

(Mee

t on

the

SU

Floo

r)

Blis

s Se

ssio

n (I

BC10

2)

4.30

pm –

4.5

7pm

Conf

eren

ce C

lose

&

Sel

f-Org

anis

ed P

oliti

co-In

terp

retiv

e D

anci

ng

6.00

pm –

7.0

0pm

Dinn

er (S

U F

loor

)